Omaha Daily
EDITORIAL SECTION.
Pages 9 to 16.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19. 1S7L
OMAHA. SATUEDAY MOBXIXG. SEPTEMBER 30. 1905.
SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS.
The
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TWER POREC AFT Trlalar FW It red Ceter.
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TRADIX3 SUMP BOOTH. MUX FIC3R
LADIES' COATS
Autumn Weight, Tarn Covert, seven-eighth length semi -fitting
back, with stitched bands, strapped 1 0 7
pocket J
Ladies' Eedi&gote Coats Autuirm -weight, Ecg- f C A A
lieh t-weed-Dobbv IJvU I
Ladies' Black Kersey Coats, triiniDed with velvet Q CI fl
and buttons, loose back za lengths. JJJ
Ladies' Black Cheviot Coats, si length, loose back F Pft
with strap and pockets UswJU
Call and see our elegant line of Black Silk Coats selling
at half off regular prices.
Long, Brown Silk Bedingotes, worth $20.00,
for
30-inch Black Taffeta Coat, shirred yoke, $12.50,
for
42-inch length Black Taffeta Coat, $17.50,
for
27-inch Black Taffeta Coat, $8.95,
for k
Dry Goods Section
CHOICE NECKWEAR AT inC Alicver lace Chemisette and
turd s'k storkismn and silk c hemls" t ee. lace and fancy
portd Bilk stock, lace trimmed. Whole line Just Im
ported this Min. Saturday, on nit at iif.kw-ir rif 1.-.
wjin. main Poor, each t,Uw
F.EADT-TO-WKAR VE:L-FanrT end plain mesb with che
nille dot fine chlfnn with or without do-s lr. al1 the newest
shads all one anfl cne-half yard lengtha. worth 7Sc
from SJ to Jl.Wi. entire lot your choice, each " -w
LADIES TIRTVINQ GtvOVES Soft kid gauntlet glove. f
lined warranted materprocf. fancy s.'.k sutched. rrgu- J ir
lar Si. 00 value frpeciai Saturday, pair "v
INDIES- HANTKERCHIET SFEC1AL All linen handker
chief t with embroidered and lac border? and jla!n bm-stltchlr-g.
regular 2bc value aaie prloe Saturday. 12C
each
3 Big Btrg aim in Cotton Bed Blankets
SO" PAIRS rray. white and tan Bea Blankets, extra ie, very
f.ne and heavy, prettv borders, worth nc. Si. 3 and CQp
ti.Sf. pair. BBturaBy.at, a pair. H.6P. Kr anfl
PLAID BLANKETS Jl-4 lse p-etty Blanket, all wool. 4t:Z
worth S7f. a pair. Saturday, a pair J"-
BEX) COMFORTS Extra larre Cimforta. filled with rlc-e
white rotton. eiiher sewed or knotted, rerular Si. BLfJ
29-inch Black Taffeta Coat, $9.90,
for
10.00
6.25
8.75
..4.471
4.95
1 LADIES' NEW MOHAIR WAISTS.
Just opened, five styles of the very latest models in (
Mohair Waists, black, cream and all colors JJJ
MANUFACTURER'S SALE OF SAMPLE BAGS.
Fine leather hand bags, in walrus and baby walrus, col
ors tans, browns and blacks, worth to $1.(X) each, CHn
on sale at leather goods section, each JUL
CHILDREN'S FALL WEIGHT UNDERWEAR.
Jersey ribbed, fleece lined shirts arid drawers, French seams,
worth up to S9c garment; special Saturday, a gar- A
merit, 25c, 15c and IUC
LADIES' FANCY HOSIERY.
Miianalse lisle hose, fancy silk embroidered and clock stitched
plain black game lisle and lace lisle worth up to ( (
SUlv
$1.50 pair; special Saturday, pair.
OPTICAL
If yew wih to see tba beiaaty of the Ak-Sar-Be, row better consult
rar Optician. EYES TESTED FREE.
Solid Geld Spectacle or EyeiglaHae, Utte-d with best Imported Q7
lease. 10. CO tsJoa, only
Gold Filled Spectacle or Eyecis. reg-ular IE. 00 value T r
special J, 0)
Erpnrt Opticlaa Prompt Attention.
value. Saturday,, each
SATURDAY SALE
New Fall Styles ia Men's
Footwear
We carry a fell and conplete line of the fol
lowing noted makers:
R. & S. KNOX SPECIALS,
M. A. PACKARD & CO.
Box calf, vici kid and gun metals, made in but
ton, blucher and regular lace, 3 50
Patent Fong Colt, button, blucher and A A A
balmorals, at Uv
Saturday m the Crockery
All day Saturday a discount of 23 per cent on rich Amwtrai Cut
Gla Uneet ratting on brt material Out Glaoa that will five r
poJtlTe pleaaare to own.
LAST CALL AT OXE-rorKTH orF.
Jrnee Hb3 Painted Bon Bon. beantr, erh ..V
Jaiianese China Individual Nut Fowl. Saturdir. earn lOc
Best Flint Glaon Table Tumbler with band, a H'c value, Saturday, each..
rwien Or
and twenty preen traditf: ttairpa with each doten.
Can Torch and boi of thirty Taper Saturday Sensation
10c for both Item 10c
Twenty tr-en trading stamp with larpe 8-ln. Glass Berry Bowl, Imita
tion cut, each ..25c
Ilnnerware of every kind and description Harlland China. Byracuaa
China. EntUfch Porcelain, American Porcelain all the bent make,
and price always the lowest. Buy 10 pieces, 60 or 100 all at th
same price.
"Sinclair Millinery for Saturday
A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF TRIMMED DRESS
HATS, STUNNING CREATIONS II?
SILK VELVET, CHIFFON AND
BRAID COMBINATIONS.
Beautiful Turbans,
pressed shapes, dash
ingly trimmed with
ostrich and beautiful
! fancy wings or silk and
elvct flowers. Tur
bans, Continentals and
large Gainesboroughs
$4.98
$3.98
$2.49
Street Hals! Street Hats!
An Endless and Resplendent Profusion
Dainty Turbans and Natty Continentals.
First Class workmanship, matchless styles, per
fection of harmony colorings
9Sc-$1.98-$2.9S and up.
CildrertV Ca.pt! Children's Cps!
Dainty Autos, Charming Tarns
25c-49c-98c
Visit the Great West's Greatest Millinery
SECOND FLOOR.
SEE WINDOWS. SEE WINDOWS.
ART SOUVENIRS FOR AK-SAR-BEN
Ak-Sar-Brn Shinplrv, Indian Peace Pipes, Thennoroe- f)
ten and Great Mottoes. SOc. 35c. Z9c and OC
SEE THEM. . ...
PTKOGRAPHY 6XATS FOR SATl'RIAT.
10c Dutch Panels 15c
Sc Dutch Panel 10c
Sinbonnet Children, In special designed frames 8c
$1.00 Photo Boxec R5c
$1.15 Japanefie Nut Bowl ?5c
80c Frames, oval and square 15c
Visit our galleTie laryeat in the west. just completed.
Picture Frajiiiiif wf nave you money.
Bennett's Big Grocery
5ATURDAVS LIST OF TRADE WINNERS,
VALUES IN GROCERY LINE.
BEST
Fifty Grpn Tradlnr S-.arrpa
"tth S pDtinel f.:nt .lava
and Mocha rpf. H (
Thirtr Ureen Trad:nj Sifc.inp
ith pound T-a. any
kind -c
Tn Gwn Trafllr.f S'lmpi
with pounfl f.nfB; Wuolf
Mixd PlckMna Bjut ...Zt
Pif y Grffii Tradtnr Fiarrpa
with quart botna Bloud of
pf th Grap .-Os
Bnnftt Earcaln Soap, t-n
hart II?
Fitly Grrn Trafi'.nit Stamp
with Quart ran Anniur
Soup, asunnd
Twenty G-n Trading
Ptampa with pound can
Bntavla fancy Salmon . -3c
Twenty Gr-n Trrfainf
Siampa with can French
VI urhroonu. small and
fancy &c
T-n Green Tradins eiamps
with package Vlior Brrak
faat Food lOc
Fifty 6nn Trading Fiampn
with five pounds splendid
Pearl Tapioca 3uc
Tn Grfen Trading Ptamiis
with pint bottie Diamond
"P" Salad I'rMHinir 2"
Fortr Grfcn Tradinr Stamps
wiui t-tound can Bnntt s
Cfcpltol Baking Powder H.Uti
HEADwfARTERS FOR
ET'TTER.
P.ecetveti dijly from the beat
dairies m the country.
Bennett s Capitol Creamery.
pound brick fu!l
rr?h Couk'try Butter, Ih.lhc
Btrirtly fresh Country Efeb.
doien c
FREE Ice
Milk to all.
cold Butter
Ten Green TraCinf Stamp
with piund FuU Cream
New Tork Cheese 2ic
Ten Green Tradirig Ptampa
wlri pound finest domestic
F lf Cheese 2i-
Bap fiMfd Cheese, each fcc
tl lJi PICKLES.
Ten Green Trading Btamps
wfh quart Chow Chow
Pickie ... J5c
Ten Green Trading Stamps
with Quart tweet Mixed
Pickles jk
Forty Green Trading Btami
with sack Bennetts Ex
celsior Flour ...tlte
Twenty Green Trading
Stamps with pound can
Bennett Capitol Baking
Powder i4c
I
FREF' SAMPLES'
TETLng CEYLON
AND INDIA TEAS.
I
ciil Bardines. can Sc
Ptlnion. pound can Rc
Potted Chicken or Turkey.
can Be
Table Pyrup. 2V-Pound can c
Baked Beans, can 4c
POTATO CHIPS.
Quarter-pound package Sc
Piaif-pound pat kage 10c
Pound package 20c
BENNETT P CAXDT
SECTION.
Special Ptlck Candy Sale.
Six sticks fir lc
Thirty Sticks for 5c
P.xty sticks for lhc
One hundred and twenty
sticks for Joe
Five Green Trading Stamps
with Bon Bon Box fiijed
with Candy &c
10ic
BEXXETT'S GREAT MEAT SECTIOX.
Special for SatnrdaT.
chickkxs: chi'ckexs:
STRICTI.T FRESH DRESSED NO. 1 SPRING
CHICKENS your choice at pound
. noice umii Lgs tie
No. 1 Rib Roast ftrim choice native steers rolled and "
all bones out per pound irc
Chuck Roast of same quality four pounds tur. "J5
Rib Boilmg Beef ten pounds for ftc
Pork Shoulder Roast I!".7V
Spare Ribs four pounds for ..".!!! Sc
Bennett s Capitol Home-Made Breakfast Sausage t hip "best'
home-made breakfast sauna pre on the market put up in
1-pound boxes, with directions in every box per box lfic
lard: lard:
Bennett s Special Lard fresh kettle rendered especially
for family trade oi sale in t-pound pRils for 5Se
And thirty Green Trafllnr stamps with enoh nail lard
hims! hams: hams:
4.000 pounds MorreU's Ortumwa. Ia., regular No. 1 Hams
every ham is selected, lean and well trimmed average
weight of each ham from 8 to 12 pounds one sale at 14e
And thirty Green Trading Stamps with each ham.
Also thirty Green Trading Stamps with the following regu
lar hams your choice of Swift a. Cudahy's. Omaha Packing
C'o.'s and Mortoi-Q-egson Co.'s.o Nebraska City IVc
Good things to eat at our Delicatessen counter The
largest and best selections of all high grade sausages and
cooked mestfc In the clt-.
Lion Brand Clothing at Less
Than 50c on the Dollar
SATURDAY MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK
LIOX ERAVD CLOTHING to dewignod
and laahioned Id the higheat art
known to the craft. Gauntly made,
finely flnisbed, perfect In fit a tboae made
by the wellest tailor in America. Every
ntluh carefully taken, every team doubly
oewed Willi beet of silk. The clotbinc
world knows that Lion Brand label la m
paarantee of worth.
Those who appreciate value and tann
ine economy should be on band Saturday.
Suit in cheviots, cashmeres, thibeta,
worsteds, stylish pray, new green mix
ture, plain blue, plain black Cheviot, thi
beta Myleg eminently correct.
fsh. II
r
OVERCOATS
AND SUITS
In covert, whip cord, tan
and brown liade, con
aervative Oxford pray
and black cheviots
irenteel and correct
actually worth $22.50, for.
(0)98
mum e?j f a i t r i
BRAND JViii5, jvercuai5 aim mp v,uais
14.98
Finest Imported woolens, hand tailored thronpbout, heavy
Overcoata, Top Coat and 8ult not one worth leas
than $25 and a great many $S3
BOYS' HOSE
Entire twenty-flve-rent line
at
ENGLISH SQUARES
Perfection In neckwear worth one dollar
at
19c
45c
WOOL UNDERWEAR
Fifty doten short lots worth 11.00, J1.2B and J1.60 all g
A Jl
Blie a garment
iLECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER
"fau Eoreati Frtwiti Rom ItterMting
Btatiitica on EabjeoL
3REAT GROWTH IN QUARTER CENTURY
rrlTat riastta Cnavtlg lExseel ta
tsaiker Taase Owsel r FaMte
m lnra Casaritr la alaa
Maek Createf.
WASHINGTON. Bept. B The bureau of
the census ha Just published a report en
central lertr1e Hrnt and pewer station for
:he j eat endlnit J una . 3nS. prepared under
the supetTisloB ef VC. M. Pteuart. rhtef
-atistii lan for manufacture. It Is the third
of a aeries of report on the operation and
limitation of elextrlr rurrent. In addition
to the text, whlrh was prepared by Thomas
Commeefnrd Martin of New Tork Otr. ex
pert special afent, there are elaborate tallies
and an lnteresttnc aeries f Illustrations
Tbs chapter ttt tect dlacuaa. rewpertlvelT.
the scope and method of the tnveaticwtlon,
RnanclaJ opera tiona. employea. salarleia and
siLfea. physioaJ equipment, output of sta
tlnns. franrhlsns and the hlstorr and de
velopment of elect rle lighting.
Th atatlstle do not Include Isolated elec
tric lirht and power plants Installed In man
ufacturing establishment, hotels, offl'-e
buildlns". etc... for tha purpose of furnishing
tde llgrnt and power primarily for the use
of the Individ uais. firms or corporations
operatlnf such establishments.
Tba frrowih of this Industry is shom-n by
the followln flpures: From station be
irisnina operation in JW the numtier rose to
1. m lHKfi. to snu in lt and to 7 In If'
T'urlnr the following; years ef depression
the number of new statlona fell; but In
thougii time of financial stringency. It
aealn rose to TS. In 1W It reached T.. or
more than the number beginning operation
In the entire period from la to 1M, in
clusive. The number for 1SOJ was S and
fur Ave month A 1 1t was M. In pie
twenty year from lsi ta 1WU. tortus)-, an
averagw of IS private and municipal sta
tions lia v berun operation each year. The
spread of tba agitation for municipal owner
ship of public eervtca enterpriiss la Illus
trated in a somewhat striking manner. Of
the tli municipal station enumerated only
U bad been Installed up to 1. la that
ear H were Introduced and in lUS tha sum
tier of new station reached 71. increasing
In 1W to K. The return for lWtt todicat
that the ratio waa fully maintained in the
census year.
Tali ( rtasta
In 1M thera were to tba Vn'ted Btate
t C3(i eentral electric sta tiona. with a cost
of construction and equipment of tSfCTsH.
Employed were CMC salaried offlnial
and clerk with aaiartea amounting te
16 :S.W and S S wage earner 1t wage
amount ing t !4.KS.1U. Tha rroas tnootua
waa tsS.Wt'.Swi. compnalng M.16. from
saia of current and fl.ait.OHU from other
sources Total expenses were It K1.I7&.
The total output of stations for the rear,
in kilowatt hour, waa 2.fccHQJU. Tba
number ef are uunpa waa gka.fl and of
av auleaocnt lamp (H4
atsara (ea awaa f Jj4 tUat. ta th
character of service In these stations. In
the earlier days of the Industry nearly all
the statlona were Installed for the purpose
of furnishing current for arc lighting, while
today the bulk of current is supplied for
Incandescent lighting, motor power and
miscellaneous service. This last Includes
charging telephone exchanges, batteries for
boat and automobiles, pumping hot water,
steam and electric heating, electric current
and nickel plating and electroplating.
Private and Mwalelpal stations.
Private stations form by far the largest
portion of the Industry, constituting 77. K
per oent of the total numtier of station
In operation during Mf2 Their inoome from
sale of current was ITS 73E,5no, or per
cent of gross income, the expenses of ope
ration K.I per cent of the total, while they
gave employment to tn.i per cent of the
total number of wag earners engaged in
the Industry and paid WVS per oent of the
total amount of annual wages. The pri
mary power plant equipment of these sta
tion formed Hl.l per cent of the total
horsepower of all statlona. whlie their
generating equipment formed SKi.t per ent
of the total horsepower of all dynamos
The kilowatt hour output of private sta
tions formed E! jer cent of the total, and
the arc lamps la snrh stations formed fc.J
per cent of th total number wired for
operation.
The comparison of the income of the
two classes of stations is not a fair Indi
cation of their earning capacity, because
of the gross Income reported for municipal
statior.a. Of th: gross Income. sTi.KK.STif.
resulted from the sale of rurrent and In
cluded Income from public service which
was necessarily largely, if not wholly, a
matter of estimation.
The private stations employed Jfi.i3 ware
earners, who were paid fJ.ftrtfi.T71. and 6.'X6
salaried officials and clerk with salaries
amounting to t'.MC.lW'; while the municipal
stations employed tT. wkge-eai-ncrs. who
were paid wages amounting to tl.4CT:.5C and
.V1 salaried official and clerks, who were
paid m;.:.i.
The cost of construction and equipment
of the municipal stations was only 4 4 per
cent; their income from sale of current, 1 1
per cent ; their expense. 7 7 per cent, and
the horsepower capacity of their power and
generating plants. R.7 and 4 per cent, re
e;iecttvely The output of such station mas
7.8 per cent of the total kilowatt hour pro-
! duced by all the station, w hile their arc
lam I were IS.! per cent and thetr Incan
descent lamps f, 7 iwr cent of all the latr.ps
reported for the country.
In addition to controlling practically the
entire industry, the average private station
I much larger than the average municipal
station. Conaideru.g the total of I.IM& pri
vate stations. It appears that the aerag
total expense per year per station wa d.
401. a compared with K.4S7 for municipal
statlona. The private station gave employ
ment or the average to 7 4 wage-earner,
while tha municipal stations gave employ
ment to ! The average private stations re
vs le enterprise seeking a return upon Its
Investment. The population served by these
stations was .flt 4Kn. an average of a little
over J.WHi per station, and town of this
sixe rarely offer Inducement to rrtvate cap
ital, regarded from the per capita basis of
consumption of current. These stations also
represent a total cost of construction and
equipment of nri.leTS.TC or about 3.nnn per
station, whereas the average cost of con
struction and equipment for, the S.fOT cen
tral stations of all classes was slightly
short of t; 40. one. The largest average pop
ulation per community is shown for Massa
chusetts, having seventeen stations, with sn
aggregate population of lfa.. or an aver
age of S.SOC. The smallest population per
community is shown for Colorado, with two
municipal stations supplying 1.4W people, or
an average of 701 for each station. , An
average of five persons to a family or house
would give barely 140 house.
Fiaaactat Operation a.
The total capital stock and funded debt
authortied amounted to rrts.a;,?, hut the
amount Isund was considetily less, being
PST.FI&.STR. Of the total amount authorized
or per cent, was capital
stock, and C ltT.WH. or 41J per cent, was
funded debt. Of the total authorized capl
eal stock. im.8El.8TJ. or K. 7 per cent, had
been issued at the end of the year covered
by the report. Of the capital stock Issued.
tJ3.l Sl. or 4 per cent, waa preferred
stock and Kl4.0n.2Kl, or 91 ( per oent, wa
common stock.
Private stations expended MO.OBfi.gU and
municipal plants H.741.S34 In construction
and equipment during the year covered by
the report. The total for private stations
from their origin until 1!e wa 4(.71.F7.
giving an average outlay of $32 per horse
power of dynamo capacity. It is Interest
ing to compare these figure with those for
municipal stations, a hich -ehoa a cost for
construction and equ pmer.t of t.nat 473.
and an average of about i4." per horsepower
of generating capacity; it is not safe to ac
cept tlil average as a basis of comparison,
on account of the wide variation revealed
In the different state, which range from
D44 In Ohio to M4 in the state of Washing
ton. Althoug-h tha practice of supplying current
for motive power and other uses had grown
rapidly, the supplying: of current for light
was till preponderatlngly the business of
both private and municipal statlona. Of
the total income, 7IU.!47, or 1. per cent,
was directly derivable from lighting The
private stations obtained nt'.s per cent and
the municipal stations ne.S per cent of their
Income from this inu'ce. Thi income
from aje of current for lighting purpoi.es
vi derived from 3E. . arc lamps and
ll!4.fM incandescent lamps. The average
Income per lamp for arc lights in private
station and uaed lor commercial or other
private lighting wa 4.U; used for public
Lgt.ting. l-3. In municipal station, for
comaiercxal or cither private UgLtin. it w
RIGID KITE AGAINST GIFTS
Present from Btranfeii IrTariablj De
clined by President ofvh.
PROHIBlTieNISTS NEEDLESSLY AGITATED
Fatfle Efforts to Obtain Publicity k
Cifta Advertising. Promoters Are
Tsrned Dews lanlisrei
la Paiat.
ported STS.Mf kilowatt hours per year, as I
compared man ;i.371 for th municipal sta
tlona Pa bite Plaats ft mall.
It i found that 732 municipal station
operated to that number of communities in
which there waa no oompetltrve private
armoa It would appear that In all prob
ability a g-rat many If not all of Uieaa
piaoea would hava goM without electric
hsaUM tad. U puj'Slt bt& laTt to irt-
Hl 4( for public lighting. Sfife.Ha. The incan
descent lamp in private stations ia com
mercial use earned an average income of
C 40 per lamp; in public service, ltUl In
municipal vtations these lamps earned tl.K
fh commercial service and CM in public
ervloe.
The total expenses for private and muni
cipal stations were PK.uq.S71. Cf this. U0 -64C4
was for salaries and wages: fi.
1&.K2. for supplies, materials and fuel:
Cl.Rat.3ua, for rents, taxes. Insurance and
miscellaneous expense, aad U,Ma, tar
Uausiaal w bund - -
The good ladies of Pittsburg, who are
enthusiastic advocates of prohibition and
who are handed together In a temperance
organization, are Just now worried over
the allegation thst a Pittsburg brewer who
sent five dozen bottles of his best brew to
the president received a reply on White
House stationery, commending the fluid
and Indicating the acceptnr.ee of the bot
tles and their contents by President Roose
velt. Some of the sccotints go so far as to
say thst the good women decided, after
heated discussion, to suFpcnd Judgment on
the president and his act until they could
inquire of the president whether the re
port which reached tbem wa true, and
also until they could catechise the presi
dent secretary and the White House ser
vanta. The latter suggestion Is hardly
thought cencelvable. In spite of tbe fact
that it has been gveJy commented upon
In the eastern press.
Any one mho knows the public and pri
vate acts of Theodore F-oonevelt. does not
doubt ttist if he answered the query of
the Indies at all he would leave no ques
tion a to lust what he had done or had
not done, and there would he no room for
an inquisition Involving the White House
servant a.
The president did not keep the ler nor
did he drink it. If he told the brewer
anything at all about lis beer he did It
throurb his secretary. He did it In a gen
eral way. Just a he acknowledges all
presents sent to him. He told the brewer
that he greatly appreciated the kindly
spirit which prompted his act. but that it
had been the custom of the preaidect ever
since hi entry into the White House not
to accept gifts, and hence he would find
his beer returned to hlra by the first ex
press. Cteeslissi the Rale.
Tha? has been the custom of the president,
too. He does accept some present, but
they are only from people he know, or of
trifling value, or have some historic or
other association which makes it poss.ble
for him to depart from the ngd rule he haa
laid down for ihe government of himself
ard family during his occupancy of the
Write House. The one exception the presi
dent make relates to iK.oka la accepting
preeenta of book he seem to assume the
position that the president is like a book
reviewer or big neaspaper, and M placed on
the free ma.ang lit by publishers aa a
matter of course, just aa they piaoe large
litiranes on their mallU.g list.
When the president ment weal on one of
his recent loura he ma presented with
a fine saddle horse by hi personal friends
in Wyoming. At the same time he was
given a complete and elaborate western
riding out-fit of bridie. saddle and chaps
Ha accepted Ues wiLb fl Utt
horse and It equipment now stand in the
White House stables But the president,
when he w In Wyoming, wa among hi
old friends and neighbors, men with whom
he had ridden the range and with whom
tie had a long and pleasant personal ac
quaintance. On that same trip he rejected
enough present in the may of animal pet
for his children to have stocked two ex
press cars He has sent hack to their
manufacturer enough shotguns, rifles and
revolvers to supply half the hunters of
the T'nlted States. The same Is true of
hunting knives. 1t In his Implements of
the .chase he haa goodly collection m hlch
cane from hi friends In both the east
and the west.
In his home at Oyster Bay this Bummer
he crested mhst he calls the "trophy room."
It's sn addition to his summer home., of
fitting architectural design, and In It he ha
placed the beads of elk and deer and hides
of other big game whi"h he secured by his
own rrowess, but nowhere In the trophy
room has place been found for presents of
stuffed or rug hides secured by any other
than his om-n rifle.
Not long ago a young woman up in New
England, after years of dally labor with
her needle., completed a most elaborate and
handsome bedspread, which siie wanted the
president to have. Her physical infirmities
were such that she had been confined to
her bed and chair for many year, and the
spread represented hours and day of
patient toil. The design wa handsome,
elaborate and patriotic. She sent the spread
to tbe president, and it never got further
than his seoretarlea. Not knoming anything
of the history of the production of the
spread they returned it, with the usual
polite rote expressing the president' ap
preciation of the kindly spirit mhlch had
prompted the donor, but drawing attention
to the fact that the prepldent had adopted
and adhered to an inviolable rule irt to
accept gift of any sort The young woman
mho had sent the spread felt so keenly the
rejection of the president that the attention
of mutual friends was brought to the con
ditions surrounding the offering of the gift.
When the president learned personally of
what had happened the note that young
woman received, mrltten by his omn hand,
quite made up for her pang of bitter dis
appointment. Jast Kataral Assericaa Pareata.
President Roosevelt ha ien a prone
to defend hi fireside from public curi
osity and from public criticism aa any
president ever could be Both he and Mra
Riosevelt have lieen the natural, unaf-
' fee ted American parents uoh a you find
i 'n-m tr m'tT-e 1 her im love of chil
dren, plenty of means and modern, ad
vanced idea a to the treatment of chil
dren and the raising of a large family.
The president, li is known, romp with
hi girl, boxes and plays tennis with his
boys, swims, rides, hunt and fishes and
camps out with al! of them, and altogether
does Just the things that any other Ameri
can father would do when time and op
portunity offered. Tbe young boys have
their dogs and pets under the side porch
of the White House, and although t!y
I av a better cared for and larget bark
yard than nnwt children, the While House
'back yard" is peculiarly their own The
policemen and secret service operatives,
the stable boy and coachmen are their
paiticular friend, and. I doubt not. their
cm a ptcttUar fcaroca Nearly ever nieo-
ber of the family ride either a horse or
pony, and most of them, except the parent
and Miss Alice Roosevelt, ride bicycle
Last fall 1 w a crossing policeman
halloa loudly to one of the younger Roose
velt on a rtreet crossing a block am-ay
from the White House:
"Look out there, little feller, you will
get hit by a car." and when the boy stood
for a moment without noticing the car
coming behind him. the policeman ran
tomtrd him. and added: "Skin out there,
or I'll put you back on the sidewalk good
and hard "
Of course the crossing policeman mas
not aware of the identity of the boy, m-ho
anFmered back. "All right, officer; I didn't
see tbe car coming."
Wine Is served at the White House din
ners, and prolh)y always mil! tie as long
as there Is a White House. The only ad
ministration when It mas absolutely tabooed
was when Mr Hayes was president. There
I If no wine cellar there now. a there ued
I to be. and it Is doubtful If anvthtnr like
the amount of spirituous liquors la now
taken Into the White House that found
entry there in the administrations of Cleve
land and Arthur President Johnson mas
the one president mho established the
greatest reputation, m-hether deserved or
not. aa a steady drinker, and his "in tie
black bottle" wa famou In Washington
and throughout the oour.try during his
stormy administration President Roose
velt, it is known, does not hesitate to take
a drink of wine t a dinner, but It 1 doubt
ful if he ever drank at a bar in hi life,
unless he. did o during his rough mestern
experience m her. chilled by the oolg! in his
long range ridea.
Mtas Alice's stmtbilc.
Once mhen the president mas smy from
the city hi daughter, Mi Alice, decided
to learn how to handle an automobile, and
I throurh mutual friends ma given the tutor
! ship of a skilled chauffeur. The car placed
i at her disposal mas one of the finest that
! had ever been manufactured. nd mhen
I ever she desired It as at her lieck and
I call. It is pretty certain that the owner.
or rather the comnanv he represented. In
tended to make her a present of It after
she had learned how to rrcnage it. But
when the president returned to the ci'y
the automobile returned to Its owner and
m-a pot seen about the White House
ground a of yore. Now when Ml Roose
velt goe out in a "chug t hug" car, it
on belonging to a friend of the family.
A for the president, be Ooes not ee;n
to take kindly to steam, electric and gaw
line motive pomer. aa he seldom goes out
in one of tb big machine The time mhen
he made the first experiment resulted in
the arrest of his chauffeur for exceeding
the speed limit of the district The presi
dent sLoms hi love for horses by using
them to ride astride or to Kit behind them
when going to and from the rail why sta
tion or for hi pleasure drives mlth his
family.
Hie personal friends find frequent oc-a-sion
to give him valuable or interesting
presents mhlch he accept Just a any
njin In private life mould do mhen offered
ometl.ing by a personal friend He com
pile mlth the custom uf his predeoissors
in permitting a certain Rhode Island farmer
to supply hi ThaukBglvlng turkey fur
hi annual Thanksgiving day feast, but
tha farmer in question ha never tried ta
form a peraoioJ acquaintance with Ui
president, nor to secure any personal ad
vantage through the fact that for the past
tm-enty years his turkeys have annually
graced the White House table.
It Is recognized that any automobile
em-ner In the country would gladly pre
sent to the president his finest machine,
any manufacturer of fine m-ine or brewer
of fine beers m'ould supply every w-snt of
the White House table ir the slightest
hint that such gifts would be accepted wa
secured Bui there is nothing of the sort
now, nor will there be while the present
occupant of the White House Is president.
St. loui Globe-re,mocrat.
VEGETABLE LEATHER IN JAPAN
Move ta latrwawee la Tlit Cematry
a Plaat Possessing Valaa.
ble Flare.
The Department of Agriculture Is trying
to Introduce Into cultivation in this counrry
a plant nmive to jHpan. mhlch furnishes a
sort of vegetable leather. It Is a pretty
shrub called the "mitsumata." and lis inner
bark, after going throurh a process nf
macerstlon, is convert.! irto a substanca
a tough as French kid. so translucent that
one can almost see through it, and aa plia
ble and soft as calfskin. In Japan pip
cases and tobacco pouches are manufac
tured from the material, as mell as a kind
of mall 'pajer, mhlch Is already iiecomlng
fashionable in Amerira. Such wall paper
of vegetable leather are turned out In beau
tiful design for mall and celling decoration,
leing stamped and modeled by hand In most
rlst!r patterns.
It mwild seem that American have a
good deal to learn from the Japanese about
paper-making Already large quantities of
another kind of fiaper obtained from tha
same plant are Imported for use as legal
j document, diplomas, deed and bond,
j There at least eight other plant from
mhich the subjects of the mikado obtain
jjhper stuff, while this country depend for
I such material upon mood pulp and rag of
I cotton and ltnen.
T'avld G Falrrhlld. one of the government
; agricultural explorer, m ho ha made a
special study of this subject, say that It
1 not pleasant to think that the brilliant
m-hlte notepsper m hich a woman uses may
have In it part of the filthy garment of
some F.rjptian ."eliah, saved by a rag
' picker f-om gi't'er. jet it is a fact that
I. undreds of ions of Egyptian rag r
fetched every yar to the 1 nlted State t
i supply the paper mills. At Mur.nhelm on
the Rhine the American importers hxe
i rag-plc krt.g houses, m h'-re rags are collected
(from all ovr El rope (the f:iS"ase-r:fete'l
lrvar.t not xceptefij, fcr,d v here m omen and
children work mlh wet sponges tied tivf
their mouths sorting the filthy scraps for
shipment to New York The best p&per
are made of these rugs
Paper made from the Inner 1rr of plants.
1 like the "mitsumata. " are a rreK-ion of tl
j Orient. They ate softer, sl'ki- r. tongr.er
i and 1 enter tt an Am near-made pi.per If
m t tviey lose their streng-.fc. like tissue pn
1 per. but on drying regain It They ara
i iif.uii.lly absorlent. an4 for Uu reason met
I highly valued formerly for surgical pur
poses I hli'tgo C hronicle
If you have anything to trade, advertise
It in the "For Exchange" lmua Xu
hm wast ad pact.
